I first saw Trevor Noah doing a comedy routine on a talk show. He was a young South African with an amazing knack for American hip hop dialects giving credence to the theory that humor lies not in what you say as much as how you say it. Then, he landed as...

There’s a new book in town! Or should I say “on the bookshelf”? Co-authors Timothy Fields and Sherem Herndon-Brown have recently published The Black Family’s Guide to College Admissions: A Conversation about Education, Parenting and Race. It’s a one-of-a-k...

There’s a new item on the menu, or I should say, a new author on the scene. Charmaine Wilkerson’s debut novel, Black Cake, is taking readers by storm. Already a New York Times bestseller, it’s a delightful story of three generations of a family. From an un...

I am a big fan of Diane McKinney Whetstone. I have loved her work since I got lost in the throes of her first book, Tumbling. It was the novel I most enjoyed with my Oprah-inspired book club when it debuted in 1996. I have revisited the text at least three...

I have admired Viola Davis from her hit TV series How to Get Away with Murder to her award-winning role as Rose in August Wilson's Fences on both Broadway and on the screen. From her first Oscar for eight minutes of acting in Doubt, to her critically-accla...

In 1925, Carter G. Woodson founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and Culture (ASNLC), and in February 1926, the first Negro History Week was observed. By 1970, it had broadened to Black History Month. For years, I directed and even toured my...

When Will, the autobiography of Will Smith made its debut in November 2021, it was an instant bestseller. Copies were flying off the shelves in bookstores, and like the top-ranking box office actor, the man himself, Will was breaking records and driving th...

1 .Good morning, Miss Berry! Please introduce yourself and tell us what you do. Good day! My Name is B. Berry and I write mysteries. I love writing murder mysteries in particular. It may see odd to some, to be so intrigued with murder but I always say: I...

This week marked the launch of My Soul Cries Out, a stunning mystery that addresses domestic violence and the power of the spirit to demand justice. I met the author, Joyce A. Brown in college, and we have stayed connected over the years, sharing family st...

The blockbuster novel of 2020 had to be Brit Bennett’s The Vanishing Act, the story of separated twins from the 1950s through the 1990s. Named “Best Book of 2020” by the New York Times, the Washington Post, Time Magazine, Vanity Fair, Glamour, People and N...